Laundry-form



F. E. OBRIEN.

LAUNDRY FORM.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 19. 1920.

1,400,763. Patented Dec 20, 1921.

' ATTORNEYS sir ri LAUNDRY-FORM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. as, real.

Application filed April 19, 1920. Serial No. 374,963.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. OB'RIEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Troy, county of Bensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Laundry-Form, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to devices for the laundrying of garments, and has reference more particularly to a form used for the starching and drying of collars worn by the sisters of religious orders.

An object of this invention is to provlde a device for the finishing of collars which will eliminate ironing of the collars and give the collars a dull finish.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which it is understood that the,

drawing illustrates only one form of the invention, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the form with a collar in place.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the form and collar.

Fig. 3 is a sectional View through the form on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 10 indicates a V-shaped plate preferably of a metal such as zinc, which .1s provided with two arms 11. An annular or elliptical opening 12 is provided in the plate 10 at the junction of the two arms 11, and an upstanding flange 13 is formed around the periphery of said opening. A hole 14: is provided in the plate 10 so that the form may be hung up. Collars 15 are washed clean and placed on the form while wet, with the neck band 16 of the collar abutting the flange 13. The starch is then rubbed on the collars with the hand or a device of any suitable construction and the form is hung up by means of the hole 14: and the collar allowed to dry, after which the collar is stripped from the form and is ready for use. This method of finishing the collars simplifies the laundrying operation, eliminates ironing of the collars, and provides the finished collars with a dull surface which is very desirable. While I have indicated collars of this particular type, the form may be suitably modified to accommodate collars of any other type.

I would state in conclusion that while the illustrated example constitutes a practical embodiment of my invention, I do not limit myself strictly to the mechanical details herein illustrated, since manifestly the same can be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a col lar form or shape comprising a fiat metal plate having an opening therein and having a longitudinal recess communicating with said opening, and an upstanding flange constituting the wall of said opening and terminating at the walls of the recess.

2. A device for the treatment of collars which consists in a ti-shaped plate, an opening being formed at the junction of the arms of said ll-shaped plate, and an upstanding flange formed around said opening on said plate, said plate and said flange being adapted to serve as a shaping form for wet collars as said collars dry.

FRANK E. OBRIEN. 

